This is the earliest picture found of SNBC* taken at the Ice Wells in 1883.
Note the uniforms of the club members.
* SNBC = Southgate Non-Descript Bicycle Club
The Ice Wells were on the north side of Winchmore Hill road, where the swimming pool now stands. It was owned by the Simmonds family and ice came from the damming of Hounsden Gutter which now runs under The Vale. The site had a gymnasium with equipment.
The Club Members are, from left to right:
- Ernest Dear, younger brother of Charles Dear
- William Relf, age 20 of 7 Mount Pleasant
- Dick Clements, age 16
- Charles Newby
- Ted Cocking, age 19, a draper's assistant of 3 Chase Road Villas
(his father John Cocking had a draper's shop in Chase Side) - Charles Dear,
- Will Howe,
- R Harvey,
- P Watkin,
We can't find a record for P Watkin but there were two Watkin businesses
in Southgate at the time,
a smith at The Green and a wheelwright and
an ironmongers at Market Place, Chase Side - Arthur Francis, age 19, a photo printer of Chase Road
- Tom Jewry, age 23, a carpenter of Lime Cottage, High Street
